Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/slinkaną

This Proto-Germanic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Germanic

Etymology

Close to the synonym *slingwaną, though with some formal diffulty. Presumably degeminated from earlier *slenkk-, from pre-Germanic *sln̥k-né(h₂)- or similar with a return to the full grade, from Proto-Indo-European *slenk- (or perhaps *slenkʷ-); this could explain the different coda stop reflexes without needing to assume two separate PIE roots. Related to Lithuanian slinkti and slenkù (“to creep, sneak”). Perhaps partly sound-symbolic or onomatopoeic.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsliŋ.kɑ.nɑ̃/

Verb

*slinkaną

1. To creep; crawl; slink

Inflection

Conjugation of *slinkaną (strong class 3)

	active voice			passive voice
present tense	indicative	subjunctive	imperative	indicative	subjunctive
1st singular	*slinkō	*slinkaų	—	*slinkai	?
2nd singular	*slinkizi	*slinkaiz	*slink	*slinkazai	*slinkaizau
3rd singular	*slinkidi	*slinkai	*slinkadau	*slinkadai	*slinkaidau
1st dual	*slinkōz	*slinkaiw	—	—	—
2nd dual	*slinkadiz	*slinkaidiz	*slinkadiz	—	—
1st plural	*slinkamaz	*slinkaim	—	*slinkandai	*slinkaindau
2nd plural	*slinkid	*slinkaid	*slinkid	*slinkandai	*slinkaindau
3rd plural	*slinkandi	*slinkain	*slinkandau	*slinkandai	*slinkaindau
past tense	indicative	subjunctive
1st singular	*slank	*slunkį̄
2nd singular	*slanht	*slunkīz
3rd singular	*slank	*slunkī
1st dual	*slunkū	*slunkīw
2nd dual	*slunkudiz	*slunkīdiz
1st plural	*slunkum	*slunkīm
2nd plural	*slunkud	*slunkīd
3rd plural	*slunkun	*slunkīn
	present	past
participles	*slinkandz	*slunkanaz

Related terms

• *slangô
• *slankaz
• *slingwaną
• *slīkaną

Descendants

• Old English: slincan
  • Middle English: slynken
    • Scots: slink
    • English: slink
• Old Frisian: *slinka
  • Saterland Frisian: slinke
  • West Frisian: slinke
• Old Saxon: *slinkan
  • Middle Low German: slinken
    • Low German: slinken
• Old Dutch: *slinkan
  • Middle Dutch: slinken
    • Dutch: slinken
• Old Norse: *slinka
  • Old Swedish: slinka
    • Swedish: slinka
  • Gutnish: slinke, slink', slinka